AUGUST ISSUE

FEATURES

• THE BIG TEST. Which classic Mercedes strikes the best balance between driving appeal, aesthetic cool and investment – 280 SE Coupé, 280 CE, SEL 6.9, 190E Cosworth, E320 Cabrio or SL500? Plus, Quentin Willson gives his verdict on each• EPIC RESTORATION. How Land Rover Classic transformed the 1950 CKD Series I, rescued from oblivion in the Australian outback, into its first as-new Reborn car• LIFE CYCLE. Ken Walker and his Fiat 124 Coupé have been through a lot together. It once lost its brakes on a hill and suffered a collapsed wheel – but he’ll never sell it• THE COLLECTOR. We take a guided tour of confirmed Mercedes and Chevrolet fan Louis Coetzer’s collection of more than 100 classic cars• THE LIST. Reader Tim Rogers has fond memories of the Aston Martin V8 Volante he used to travel in as a child – now it’s his turn to tame this 305bhp ground-shaker• THE PILGRIMAGE. In the first of a new series, we drive a sporting Bentley 3-Litre saloon through West Sussex countryside to visit marque specialist William Medcalf• AC ACECA. We get very sideways in the bellowing, tyre-shredding monster that AC never got around to building – a 5.0-litre V8-engined Aceca• BUYING GUIDE. Don’t buy that Jaguar E-type Series 1 or 2 you’ve always lusted after until you’ve read our focused six-point how-to guide• WHY I LOVE. Paris-Dakar veteran Andrew Cowan explains why he loves the world’s most demanding car rally

COLUMNISTS

• QUENTIN WILLSON on how even global uncertainties can’t flatline the classic market• TOM TJAARDA remembers how Mercedes’s 6.9-litre hot rod saved car design in 1973• SIMON KIDSTON talks 1000bhp V8s and certifiable nutters in part two of his Panther story